Bayesian 2-D deconvolution: Effect of using spatially invariant ultrasound point spread functions1

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-141

  Lang, Thomas ^a   Lie, Torgrim ^a   Husby, Oddvar ^b   Hokland, Jrn ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; CONVOLUTION; INVARIANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIFFUSE SCATTERING; SPECULAR REFLECTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034745868     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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